Mac pro CUDA Problem !

[sarah-86]

i have mac pro 64 bit of snow leopard 10.6.6 and ATI X1900 XT graphic card
and when i installed Davinci Resolve software but when i start this software its not work and call : update your CUDA ,
i downloaded CUDA dirver from nivdia web but its not fix it this problem....

Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro2,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 8 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz

ATI Radeon X1900 XT


please help me for this

thanks so much and sorry for my bad english language

best regards sarah

sarah86mac@hotmail.com

 

[flatfoot]

i have mac pro 64 bit of snow leopard 10.6.6 and ATI X1900 XT graphic card
and when i installed Davinci Resolve software but when i start this software its not work and call : update your CUDA ,
i downloaded CUDA dirver from nivdia web but its not fix it this problem....

Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro2,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 8 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz

ATI Radeon X1900 XT


please help me for this

thanks so much and sorry for my bad english language

best regards sarah

sarah86mac@hotmail.com

Your graphics card doesn't support CUDA since it's ATI; the ATI equivalent would be OpenCL.

 

[CaptainChunk]

CUDA is NVIDIA only. And unfortunately, none of the supported CUDA cards would actually work on a 1st-gen Mac Pro.

Which version of Resolve are you running? Blackmagic did add OpenCL support to Resolve in Version 8. But I think they're mostly targeting that to MacBook Pros and iMacs using ATI OpenCL GPUs.

 

[tomvos]

… And unfortunately, none of the supported CUDA cards would actually work on a 1st-gen Mac Pro.

None, but with one exception: The NVidia 8800GT for the Mac (first Generation). This card works with the PCIe 1.0 bus found the in 1.1 and 2.1 Mac Pros.
Alas, do not confuse this card with the NVidia 8800GT for the Mac. Apple sold another revision of the card which requires an PCIe 2.0 bus. The cards look pretty much the same, so if you find a 8800GT for your Mac, check the compatability.

Which version of Resolve are you running? Blackmagic did add OpenCL support to Resolve in Version 8. But I think they're mostly targeting that to MacBook Pros and iMacs using ATI OpenCL GPUs.

Actually, that's good advise. Update your software. That's much better than searching for old graphic cards for your Mac.

 

[Torster]

Easy solution...

Easy solution to this is to update to DaVinci Resolve v8.0 which allows for ATI cards to be used via OpenCL. Update to v8.0 is free at the Blackmagic Design website for all v7.0 license holders.

Torrey Loomis
President & CEO - Silverado Systems, Inc.
(916) 760-0032 • FAX (916) 404-5258
torrey@silverado.cc

 

[CaptainChunk]

None, but with one exception: The NVidia 8800GT for the Mac (first Generation). This card works with the PCIe 1.0 bus found the in 1.1 and 2.1 Mac Pros.
Alas, do not confuse this card with the NVidia 8800GT for the Mac. Apple sold another revision of the card which requires an PCIe 2.0 bus. The cards look pretty much the same, so if you find a 8800GT for your Mac, check the compatability.

The 8800 GT is a CUDA capable card, but it's not on the list of supported GPUs for Resolve. It may work in OpenCL though. YMMV.

 

[CaptainChunk]

Easy solution to this is to update to DaVinci Resolve v8.0 which allows for ATI cards to be used via OpenCL. Update to v8.0 is free at the Blackmagic Design website for all v7.0 license holders.

Sound advice, although the OP did mention that she's running an X1900 XT card, which isn't an OpenCL supported card. So either way, she'll still need an upgraded graphics card for Resolve.

The Radeon 5770 would probably be the best bet on a 2006 machine.